Regulation golf balls have 336 dimples.
(I don't know how to play Pinochle, so I tried to be vague on it but if anything wrong sorry).
When Perseus awoke, he was in bed, in what he assumed was the infirmary. He felt well rested, and there was nobody in the room, so after waiting awhile he decided to leave. When he left the room, he navigated through the infirmary until he saw Chiron, a fat dude, and the girl from last night playing a card game. No one noticed him, so he watched for a while and picked up on how to play. Being the courteous gentleman he is, he decided to help the girl with her game.
"Don't play that," She jumped and glared accusingly.
" When did you get up?"
He shrugged, "About 20 minutes ago."
She liked to ask questions, "And how would you know how to play Pinochle?"
"I've been watching."
She raised her eyebrows, "Oh have you?"
"It's quite a simple game, and I know that you have many better cards than that to play."
"Like what?"
Perseus calmly showed her a better, more efficient option. But this girl was either stubborn or prideful.
"Well, Ace, how about letting Mr. D here just deal you in then?"
He smirked, "Happy to, Blondie."
"Wait! Perseus! How do you feel? Your wound needs to be tended after." Chiron seemed shocked at his sudden well-being.
"It's healed Chiron, look." He lifted up his shirt to show that nothing was there but his toned abs that Blondie seemed to notice.
"Ya like what ya see?"
She looked like a tomato, "Not in your wildest dreams."
"Well someone's overly confident," The fat dude spoke up.
Looking closer, the man was wearing leopard skin… everything, and a Hawaiian shirt. His hair was dark black, and his eyes a deep… purple? Perseus saw flashes of people going mad, and grapes and vines attacking villages. He also radiated an aura of power, as strange as it seems. It reminded him of… his dad. This man must be a god.
Perseus bowed, "Perseus Jackson."
"Perseus, eh? Finally a name worth remembering. And bowing? Chiron, this boy might be worth something!"
Chiron looked shocked, "Uh… yes, Mr. D! He might be."
Mr. D seemed happier, "Well come on boy! Lets play."
After ten minutes of playing, it was down to "Blondie" and "Ace." Then Perseus took the victory.
"Impossible," she whispered.
"Well I had a worthy opponent," Perseus commented and he stuck his hand out.
She shook it, "Annabeth Chase."
"Perseus Jackson."
They seemed to be analyzing each other. He took notice to her tan, blonde hair, and athletic figure, plus gray eyes. Perseus's mind sorted through what gray eyes meant in Greek Mythology, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Annabeth, please escort Perseus to the Hermes cabin."
She let go of his hand and they walked outside. After getting over the fact that the sun blinded him, he saw a bunch of teenagers in orange t-shirts doing… a lot of different things. Some playing volleyball, some archery, others climbing a wall with, lava? It looked really fun, and he wanted to join in, but he had to finish the tour.
Annabeth took him to an open field that had camp cabins that were in a U shape around a giant campfire with a little girl tending to it. He felt like something was pulling him towards the little girl, she seemed so lonely, a feeling he knew about.
Annabeth tried to stop him, "Perseus- uh, no one really talks to her-"
"Well maybe that's why she looks sad." And he continued on his way.
The girl looked over at him and smiled, a warm smile that melted his insides and made him feel fuzzy.
"Perseus. You are the first to visit me in a while."
"Well, you seemed lonely."
"With all the buzz around camp, no one has the time, and that's fine."
"There's always time. What's your name?"
"Oh, I'm Hestia."
Perseus scrambled to get down on one knee, "I am terribly sorry my lady for not recognizing you."
Hestia smiled, "Get up Perseus. You are fine. You took the time to come speak to me, and that means the world to me. Now, you must be getting back to your tour, I believe Annabeth is tired of waiting."
Perseus nodded and got up, and he was about to leave when he turned, "How about I meet you here everyday at… whenever I can?"
Hestia smiled, "You don't have to do that."
He smiled, "I want to."
Annabeth looked eager to leave the moment he got back, "So how was she?"
Perseus smiled to himself, "Really great."
As soon as he walked into the Hermes cabin, the noise stopped and everyone stared. There were easily 40 kids, far too much for that small cabin, with kids sleeping on the floor.
A guy that was around 18 or 19 with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes approached him and Annabeth. He also had a white scar running from his left eye down to his chin, kind of ruining his All-American face.
"Hi, I'm Luke. I'll be your cabin counselor as long as you're here at Hermes." His face darkened at the end, making him look… evil.
Perseus shook that off and smiled back, "Perseus Jackson."
Luke raised his eyebrows but said nothing about his name, "Well Perseus, I have a spot saved for you in the corner and I um… bought some stuff for you."
"Thanks Luke. I appreciate it." Perseus said, and then noticed something.
"Annabeth are you blushing?" If possible she blushed harder.
"No! I'm not!"
"Yes you are, why is it because of… oh." Perseus smiled, knowing it was because of Luke.
"Well I have to go-bye." And in the blink of an eye, she was gone.
Luke seemed uncomfortable, so Perseus of course pressed harder, "Do you like her like that, because I'm pretty sure that's illegal."
"She's like a little sister to me, I could never- I mean she's great, but, uh-"
"Dude," Perseus was cracking up, "I get it, but you might want to tell her that."
Luke was beet red, "Right. So we're about to head to the arena for sword fighting with Athena and Ares. So, get- get ready. Great, see ya." He could not get away fast enough.
Chuckling to himself, Perseus made his way to his corner/new home, and changed into the new orange camp shirt. He was really excited to get into the arena and use Riptide again, but he was nervous about how training was going to go.
Okay I got back from vacation last week, and then Charter had problems working in my whole town, so I wrote a bunch of chapters and will be posting them day after day now!